We were already looking forward to the new movie from Adam Wingard (The Guest, You’re Next) when it was called The Woods, and we had no idea it would be a sequel to The Blair Witch Project. Now we can barely contain ourselves waiting for its release, especially since each new trailer looks scarier than the last.
Time-traveling problem-solver Dr. Sam Beckett experienced plenty of bizarre situations over five seasons of Quantum Leap, but certain episodes stand out as pushing the boundaries of weirdness to the extreme. They are, of course, our very favorite QL episodes, and with a little help from Ziggy, we’ve gathered them here.
WhatsApp betrayed its longstanding commitment to privacy today, when it announced plans to start sharing data with Facebook. But what data, exactly, will WhatsApp share with Facebook? The company won’t say.
Today, the National Park Service celebrates its 100th birthday. The agency is in charge of some of the most majestic natural landscapes in America—landscapes visited by millions upon millions of people each year.
8bitdo has been making some cool gamer focused products for a long time now. For this year’s Gamescom, the company showed off its latest product, and it is a very cool retro gaming system indeed. The device is called the 8bitdo Desktop Arcade and it looks like a fancy retro arcade system for an executive’s desk.
The compact arcade machine is housed in a curved wooden case that features a small screen, joystick, and six buttons. None of those buttons are labeled so presumably you can program them to be whatever you want them to be.
We have no idea how much the arcade will cost or even if you will be able to buy it, though its makers mention on their Facebook page: “It is only a prototype. We will let everyone know when details are finalised,” so perhaps that gives us hope that it will go into production at some point.
I would totally play me some Galaga or Pac-man on this game console. But I get too into fighting arcade games, and would end up tossing this little device right off the desk if I tried playing Street Fighter on it.
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This week an FCC listing for a new NVIDIA SHIELD TV remote – for the NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV – has appeared with a few new features. Alone, this listing only tells us that this remote will have a newer version of Bluetooth than the device already available. With Bluetooth 4.1, it’s possible that the remote’s battery will last a … Continue reading
DJI has taken a break from rolling out new drones and announcing new partnerships to launch a new iteration of its popular Osmo gimbal camera. While a lot of things are staying the same with this new camera, which has been appropriately named the Osmo+, there is one major hardware addition this time around, with DJI tossing an integrated zoom … Continue reading
The latest proposed updates to Unicode’s emoji rules add a handful of dual-gendered jobs and give basically every human emoji both male and female versions, Emojipedia reports. Those two ladies dancing in bunny ears? Now there’s a male version. The p…
The Department of Homeland Security is looking into yesterday’s hack of actress Leslie Jones’ personal information and photos. Deadline reports DHS confirmed Thursday that its New York office has an open investigation into the attack, but the on-goin…
There are countless advantages of working on a laptop, portability being one of them, but there’s one issue that exists with just about every computer. You have no expectation of privacy if someone can just walk up right behind you and take a look at the screen. It’s another matter if you have your back to the wall and know that nobody can creep up on you, otherwise preventing over-the-shoulder spying is pretty much impossible. HP has created a new kind of display which prevents people from spying on you.
It’s the same idea as the third-party privacy filters that can be purchased and attached to displays. The only problem with them is that users are then stuck with a darker laptop screen which is harder to view.
HP’s solution is different. Its Sure View display technology has been built in collaboration with 3M. The technology ensures that only the user in front of it can see the display as long as they are facing it straight on by preventing light from shooting off to one side or the side. This means that if someone was to try and take a peek around your shoulder they will not be able to see anything.
This privacy filter can easily be turned on and off by pressing a shortcut on the keyboard, enabling users to turn it off when they don’t need it. HP’s Sure View display will be available on two of its notebooks – the EliteBook 1040 and EliteBook 840 – starting next month.
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